Re: Dragon should join the Air Force!!! Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran are waiting for you!!!

In article <oYadna0j-YkyWV3anZ2dnUVZ8vednZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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s.r.clarkstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Draco18s wrote:
> > In article <vYidnQg557QK6V3a4p2dnAA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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lkuznac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
> > says...
> > 
> >> Kigdatsi are introspecting of the major memeplexes of Earth-7-4 (your

> >> Earth) responding to guerilla (in the war called "The War on Terror")

> >> (for ascertaining the least-long-term-relation****p-damaging (because
we 
> >> are better than at conventional at guerrilla) and guerilla seems is
the 
> >> less so) warfare.
> >>
> >> Reassurance: introspecting of Earth-7-4 physics knowlege and
engineering 
> >> implies insfficient threat that we anticipate not attacking Earth-7-4

> >> until 60 years to come.
> > 
> > Ow...I hope that didn't brain my damage...reading that hurt!
> 
> Right, wild-guessing-as-to-meaning time.
> 
> In the first paragraph, I think Lkuznac has over-stretched a certian 
> English construct.  For example, you can say "the red or blue ball" to 
> mean "the red ball or the blue ball".  By analogy, the word "warefare" 
> matches several adjectives all over the sentence.  I will try to guess 
> what is meant:
> 
> <<<
> We (Kigdatsi) are watching the response of the major 
> cultures/governments/religions/etc of your Earth to guerilla warefare 
> (in the war called "The War on Terror").  We are doing so to find out 
> how badly post-conflict relations are damaged by conventional verses 
> guerrilla warefare. [It probably intends "terrorism" to be included in 
> "guerrilla warefare".]  Kigdatsi are better at guerilla fighting, but 
> you seem to respond better to conventional fighting.
> 
> Don't worry though, we don't think we'll invade in the next 60 years (at

> least) because you simply won't have the technology to threaten us.
>  >>>
> 
> Well, that's my best guess.  I *think* the last paragraph means that 
> they aren't going to attack once we have the technology to threaten 
> them, but would wait until there was actual danger to themselves. 
> Remember that Kigdatsi (such as Lkuznac) originate from subuniverse 0-0,

> and ours is their closest neighbour: subuniverse 7-4.  The wer identical

> until about 2500 years ago, so Earth there is geologically identical to 
> here, hence ours being called "Earth-7-4".
> 
> And the dreadful English is due to it's native language being very 
> different from any natural human language.  (Anyone know any good 
> gender-neutral personal pronouns?)

Kay.

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